Du meine Seele singe

"Du meine Seele singe"
German hymn by Paul Gerhardt
The title page of the first publication in 1667
EnglishYou my soul sing
Textby Paul Gerhardt
LanguageGerman
Based onPsalm 146
Meter7 6 7 6
Melodyby Johann Georg Ebeling
Composed1666 (1666)

"Du meine Seele singe" (You my soul sing) is a hymn in German by Paul Gerhardt, a paraphrase of Psalm 146. Johann Georg Ebeling wrote the well-known melody in 1666. The song in 10 stanzas was first published in 1667 in the collection Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche-Andachten (Spiritual devotions by Paul Gerhardt) of songs by Gerhardt. It is No. 302 in the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch.

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